单词 | to the utterance |
释义 | > as lemmasto (unto, into) the (such, etc.) utterance a. to (unto, into) the (such, etc.) utterance extracted from utterancen.2 (a) to an extreme degree; to the bitter end; to the last or utmost extremity. ΚΠ a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Merlin (1913) II. l. 10088 So that they sworen..there-on to ben avenged jnto þe vttrawnce. 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur vii. xii. 230 Thenne will I haue adoo with hym to the vtteraunce. 1525 Ld. Berners tr. J. Froissart Cronycles II. xlviii. 163 No frensshmen wolde vndertake to kepe it [sc. a town] to the vtteraunce, for it was not stronge ynoughe. c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7981 Þat all the deire of the ded be done on vs two, To vttranse & yssue vne at this tyme. 1567 T. Paynell tr. Amadis de Gaula 239 I must take the sword by the way of the armes betwene you and me onely unto the utterance of your life or mine. 1587 R. Greene Euphues sig. B2 To make a counterpoyse of discourtesie to the vtteraunce. 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World I. 428 Corne steeped in water, whereof they will drinke to the utterance, and be drunke. a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) iii. i. 73 Come Fate into the Lyst, And champion me to th'vtterance. View more context for this quotation 1860 J. L. Motley Hist. United Netherlands I. iv. 130 The champion to the utterance against Spain, stood there with lance in rest. 1907 J. H. McCarthy Needles & Pins xi She had loved him well and proved it to the utterance. (b) Frequently with fight, etc. Now literary or archaic (revived in 19th cent.). ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > order > order, sequence, or succession > end or conclusion > the end [phrase] > to the end to the lasta1393 to (unto, into) the (such, etc.) utterance1475 to drink, drain, etc. to the dregs1711 1475 Bk. Noblesse 77 To doo armes in liestis to the utteraunce. 1512 Helyas in W. J. Thoms Coll. Early Prose Romances (1828) III. 93 Here is my gauge to sustain it to the utteraunce. 1550 J. Coke Deb. Heraldes Eng. & Fraunce sig. Dv Heralde the vsurper fought the battayle to thutteraunce. 1578 H. Wotton tr. J. Yver Courtlie Controuersie 7 Thus the Gentlemen..skirmished to the vtterance. 1600 P. Holland tr. Livy Rom. Hist. 1126 He prepared warre with all his power to the utterance. 1606 P. Holland tr. Suetonius Hist. Twelve Caesars 16 At the saide solemnity of sword-plaiers, there fought to the uttrance..Fvrivs Leptinvs..and A. Calpenvs. 1821 R. Southey Exped. Orsua 56 I will fight him to the utterance upon this quarrel. 1834 H. Taylor Philip van Artevelde ii. v. ii The Lower Lis They to the utterance will dispute. 1837 R. Browning Strafford v. ii. 125 I fought her [sc. England] to the utterance—I fell—I am hers now..and I will die. < as lemmas |
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